New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-06
TIE PRIZE FUND EXHIBITION
- ar aoup or TILE PICTURES.

m. Prize Fund EXHIBITION which Is to remain
amen through the summer viii be reme"-
bered not 80 much by the prize pictures DO
NV its presentation of several works "h'cI
sbov distinct advance, instead OF the roulnsm usus
AZ the exhibitions Mr. Thomas Aliens large i"nI
ecspe shows an entire change oil manner, anu a's
the picture has suggestion OF Fullers a'mosPnoio
a, oryov. e,csllentlv the feeling OF sutry summer
twi,gbt The composition is interesting iro,n i'o
eimiplicity q broad slope on the iei. o'i ~ ~.
group of trees and more distant niisiuo w
ma arrangement OF line aud mass wen
although on the right some weakness rs i0'. ID
Crefeldss study of longshoremen shows careiui anu
svmnatbetc obsers aiion, And gain in strength anu
freedom Mr. Horatio Walker, who appeared 10
have drawn his inspiration from Munich ior .in' I
gone over 20 the camp OF The Holland painters, an
despite the suggestions OF this influence is
picture "a most creditabe, honestly pain'eo' ains
a little vague and ragged here ana there' Ia, A.,
and occasionally fine in color in the pantne Vi o
CALI and clever in chiaroscuro, an cxceileh' Pie
work Mr. Millets " Music Lesson " may very "e =.
dispute precedence with his AT the INN, . u.s.
the q vrtuosoD order OF painting but IKE DAINTY
vsrs 40 soc;ete il ia amusing add interesting, ana
turned of In o charming manner. lhs kIlu y. VIZ" ia
coming from abroad is hailed with enthusiasm, anu
40 clever an example OF home talent is 10. 70 10
rndervolued even though the merit OF art OF tnis
order lies mainly in the execution and 90 inc surfaces
Mr. Blum is another OF the artists VINO suows an
advance His pictures at the Nater Su.Ui his stay
abroad and his Venetian Lacemakers." IN the adrolt
management OF color ana lighting clever .ns bi
ization and yivacious hand ing, demonstrates M ms
technical ability to undertake ambitious WORK. ito
pictnre is distinguished by cleverness and vivacly
rather than by personal force, tor Is not
Individual II is still the brightness and warmth OF
color the airiness and light touch OF the trs nco
Spanish PAINTERS and their followers when arg sus
gested here The picture Is seriously lnJureu W .n
n,intu smjrk not to say grin, OF the girl upon Tue
lett an error of taste the painters part Wnic"
would make bis picture unendurabie companion. :.
4 anfth Tho
furnished by Mr. PAUL. ia his large landscape, when
is good in general effect, interesting In toior ou'
painted in the palette knife. Hbroad anu oi'eh
careless manner which has prevailed among thoSo
directly influenced by Daubigny. Truth OF form anu
exact drawing have never been aimed at by tnis
school and their science is always all open question:
Bat Mr. Psulrs picture is expressive and 1t Is easly
the best which he has shown. Mr.. Blashheids III
spration is work of altogether different stamp
from the usual OF exhibition pictures, ana us mo
imaginative quality. dignity and sincerity VIII DO
appreciated though the execution SHOWS hhpoI-
feet passages. Mr. NOrton's picture deserves alteh-
tiOn not merely for the inevitable grays put lor tno
clever indication OF the movement OF cIo"u -,
These pictures. we pointed cut at INST, snV" an
ambitious purpose and less gam, and others
might be ADDED like the pictures OF Messrs. rar'on
and Weir. ,r..., +,
Another picture, The Death of Mnnehaha
introduces a debutaui, Mr.. w. L. Dodge a young
pupil of Gerome, has wisely sought an American
subject lhe influence of the school Is still strong
painting of Beaux Arts models than characteristic
OF IL dian hfe The example OF the poet IN modifying
for his uso the legends collected by schoolcrait
naturally encourages license in an illustrator rather
than an effort to render truthtuy Indian character
But Mr.. Dodge is not justified in departing from
his text and depicting the aged and ~ithered
Nokomis as brawDy brave, whose attitude, we may
add could not possibly be that OF an OJbWay OF any
other one of the nobler tribes of Indian stoics
Moreover, Longtellow's attribution OF Mnnchaha 8
death to fever and famine is fatty denied ny the
physical development OF the body painted by Mr'
Dodge. The artist has been anSious to make MS
heroine the CENTRE but her very light color Is as
untrue as the graysh purple of hands and tuce meant
to express II hues OF death. The wrathlike forms
of fever and famine beckoning the soul OF Minnehaha
which seems floating toward them with the smoke,
are, of course, in keeping with the text Inc Value
OF tho picture lies in its promise, and this Is certay
great. There Is bad drawing here and there, the
figure of Hawatba is false IN its proportions, and 1t is
easy to find faul. with other features, but there is
some good drawing well, there is some excellent
painting as ON the shoulders of the kneelng Dgnrc
and the picture Is tboughttully COMPOSED Mr.
Dodge should prove valuable addition to the com,
pany of strong American painters VINO have passed
through the ateler OF Gerome.